Written by David Southern, a leading expert in the field, and the PricewaterhouseCoopers team, headed by Derek Jenkins, the ninth edition of this well-established work offers comprehensive coverage of all aspect of the taxation of loan relationships and derivative contracts. It covers IAS 32/39 and FRS 25/26, loan relationships under IAS, impairment losses and connected company rules, the derivative contracts rules, bifurcation of convertibles, transfer pricing domestic and international, the disregard rules on tax hedging, matching and functional currencies, reconstructions and mergers, repos and stock lending, anti-avoidance rules, corporate debt, loan relationships, derivative contracts, securities taxation and debt impairment. Particular emphasis is placed on providing worked examples and planning guidance.